EricBerry wrote:Sure, don't include it if it's a one page resume or if you're using it to compensate for a lack of accomplishment in college. Most of the schools I applied to encouraged applicants not to limit their resume to one page. I felt that winning several national circuit tournaments with more than 200 competitors was an accomplishment well worth throwing at the bottom of the second page. Especially since success in debate hints at several qualities of a successful law student. It won't be a major addition to the application, but I definitely can't imagine it hurting you. I'm hoping throwing around HS titles will distract adcomms from everything I didn't do in college.

FTFY.

I have no regrets about college. 4 jobs, community service, fraternity leadership, student organizations, tutoring, etc. Average softs, but I definitely had plenty to talk about in my resume outside of high school.

@ hokie, eric berry (congrats on your season so far, Eric)Thanks, appreciate your thoughts as former h.s. jocks. Don't understand the animosity toward h.s. sports, I felt it was an imperative part of education, and I learned more about leadership and teamwork on the ice and field than from any of my teachers.

@RaggedSo did you include your athletic achievements on your resume under "Interests" like I said I was considering, or did that go somewhere else related to your app? Can't quite follow you

EricBerry wrote:Sure, don't include it if it's a one page resume or if you're using it to compensate for a lack of accomplishment in college. Most of the schools I applied to encouraged applicants not to limit their resume to one page. I felt that winning several national circuit tournaments with more than 200 competitors was an accomplishment well worth throwing at the bottom of the second page. Especially since success in debate hints at several qualities of a successful law student. It won't be a major addition to the application, but I definitely can't imagine it hurting you. I'm hoping throwing around HS titles will distract adcomms from everything I didn't do in college.

FTFY.

I have no regrets about college. 4 jobs, community service, fraternity leadership, student organizations, tutoring, etc. Average softs, but I definitely had plenty to talk about in my resume outside of high school.

Shocking.

Read this on the first page.. flipped to page 2 hoping to comment.. and SBL steals my thunder

but anyway.. don't list high school achievements.. they are so... so... high school

@ DeuceNot only did I accomplished those athletic accolades, I can spell correctly and don't have the internal anger you do to come here and go out of your way to be unhelpful and negative. It's 'were' not 'we're,' you douche.

Tip Walker wrote:@ DeuceNot only did I accomplished those athletic accolades, I can spell correctly and don't have the internal anger you do to come here and go out of your way to be unhelpful and negative. It's 'were' not 'we're,' you douche.

Tip Walker wrote:@ DeuceNot only did I accomplished those athletic accolades, I can spell correctly and don't have the internal anger you do to come here and go out of your way to be unhelpful and negative. It's 'were' not 'we're,' you douche.

Touche. Forgive me for being drunk and not being able to spell to your standards. But like you and 90% of the people on these boards, I was also a high school athlete. Fun fact- we're not in high school anymore, and whatever you did or didn't do back then doesn't mean dick. Even if you were a college athlete, it still probably didn't mean dick. So congrats on your baller ability to spell but anything you did still doesn't count for shit, and your GPA/LSAT will be the only things that matter for your admissions purposes. Trust me, I'm one of the last people in the world, much less these boards, that you will find with "internal anger." I guess advice sucks when you don't want to hear the truth, ah well

Tip Walker wrote:In my rush, I did mispell. I have some excuse in that I smoked weed a few minutes ago. I hold the opinion that Deuce is a douche, but diamond you caught me.

lol you don't seem like a terrible person.. but seriously I'd advise to keep the HS stuff off the apps.. and I'd also advise to make sure you remain anonymous throughout your posts since you just admitted to any adcomms who may visit this site that you smoke weed haha

Thanks. Yeah I'm aware, my real name's not actually Tip of course. I started a topic about the effects smoking weed had on studying about a month ago so the cat's already out of the bag. The day before the LSAT I smoked 3 times. Smoking helps me to relax.

Tip Walker wrote:Thanks. Yeah I'm aware, my real name's not actually Tip of course. I started a topic about the effects smoking weed had on studying about a month ago so the cat's already out of the bag. The day before the LSAT I smoked 3 times. Smoking helps me to relax.

You're either a flame or one of the most hilariously stupid pieces of dumbass I've seen... regardless, nice.

Not a flame, but if adcomm members troll these forums and try to match users on this site to the thousands of applications they receive than god help us. Maybe they do, but I'm rolling the dice. Not like weed is crystal meth, anyway. This is a blanket statement but everyone that's interesting has smoked some weed in their college days/early 20s. 3 times was more than I was planning for the day before, but it was a Friday and some friends of mine were down for the weekend visiting.

Tip Walker wrote:Not a flame, but if adcomm members troll these forums and try to match users on this site to the thousands of applications they receive than god help us. Maybe they do, but I'm rolling the dice. Not like weed is crystal meth, anyway. This is a blanket statement but everyone that's interesting has smoked some weed in their college days/early 20s. 3 times was more than I was planning for the day before, but it was a Friday and some friends of mine were down for the weekend visiting.

EricBerry wrote:Sure, don't include it if it's a one page resume or if you're using it to compensate for a lack of accomplishment in college. Most of the schools I applied to encouraged applicants not to limit their resume to one page. I felt that winning several national circuit tournaments with more than 200 competitors was an accomplishment well worth throwing at the bottom of the second page. Especially since success in debate hints at several qualities of a successful law student. It won't be a major addition to the application, but I definitely can't imagine it hurting you. I'm hoping throwing around HS titles will distract adcomms from everything I didn't do in college.

FTFY.

I have no regrets about college. 4 jobs, community service, fraternity leadership, student organizations, tutoring, etc. Average softs, but I definitely had plenty to talk about in my resume outside of high school.

Work experience needn't be relevant. I listed the column I wrote for my UG newspaper and my years of experience waiting tables. Group membership is fine for generic student clubs, definitely mention honor societies and so forth, and people are split about whether to list fraternities/sororities. I had my fraternity listed on the resume I used to apply to school, and then deleted it when it came time to apply for jobs.

I was offered a position on the US national baseball team when I was 18. I also was invited to train with one professional baseball organization as well as try out for a couple others. Should I include this on my resume? Quick answer: No - it has nothing to do with my undergrad college accomplishments, my graduate degree or work experience that would actually be more indicative of the type of person I am or what I will bring to the law school environment.

My opinion is that if you need to highlight anything from high school, you haven't done anything significant enough since.

CSCS Trainer wrote:I was offered a position on the US national baseball team when I was 18. I also was invited to train with one professional baseball organization as well as try out for a couple others. Should I include this on my resume? Quick answer: No - it has nothing to do with my undergrad college accomplishments, my graduate degree or work experience that would actually be more indicative of the type of person I am or what I will bring to the law school environment.

My opinion is that if you need to highlight anything from high school, you haven't done anything significant enough since.

CSCS Trainer wrote:I was offered a position on the US national baseball team when I was 18. I also was invited to train with one professional baseball organization as well as try out for a couple others. Should I include this on my resume? Quick answer: No - it has nothing to do with my undergrad college accomplishments, my graduate degree or work experience that would actually be more indicative of the type of person I am or what I will bring to the law school environment.

My opinion is that if you need to highlight anything from high school, you haven't done anything significant enough since.

This is pretty damn cool though.

Yes, it does make for some good conversation and usually comes up when I'm asked why I decided to pursue degrees in Exercise Physiology and Sports Performance. I'd be lying if I said I didn't spend some time re-living those days before I tore 2 muscles and several tendons/ligaments in my throwing shoulder that required reconstructive surgery and nearly a year of rehab.

But to the OP's topic, it's a cool story, I'm sure not many applying to law school have experienced, but still not important enough to place on my resume.